The Individual and the Universal
Ernest Holmes

We Individualize the Universal and Universalize the individual.

This sounds like rather an abstract statement until we understand its simplicity. The ancients said that every man is a microcosm within a Macrocosm, a little world within a Big World, or an individual within the Universal.

When Emerson said that there was One Mind common to all individual men, he reached one of the highest perceptions of the ages….He was saying in substance: “You are because God is. You live because God lives in you.” The sum total of our mental and emotional reactions surrounds us with a field of thought which is operated upon by a larger field of Mind, Law, and Action.

Each one of us individualizes the Universal Mind by our use of It.…We are individual points in the Consciousness of God or the original creative Spirit of the Universe. We are points where It thinks through us, as us….There is no wall of separation, no barrier, no place where one begins and the other leaves off….The creativity of thought is not dependent upon the thinker. Only the choice of thinking is dependent upon the thinker. The creative activity of thought belongs to the Universe.

Excerpted from Living the Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes, DeVorss & Company Publishers.

Love in Action

In her article “It’s So Much More” (SOM May 2011), Rev. Cath DePalma shares her experience of love in action: the sacred service of packaging food for those in need around the world. Click here to view Rev. Roby Warren of the Celebration Center in San Diego and Tricia Tool discuss with a local news anchor the joy in packaging 150,000 meals in six hours to give to local families and send to Haiti, nations in Africa, and nations in Asia. Watch the assembly-of-love line package the food, and hear what—in addition to tremendous love and service—goes into each meal.

C.J.’s Bus Delivers Joy, Toys to Tornado-Ravaged Tuscaloosa Children

In the face of adversity, the human spirit is called to triumphant moments. Following the devastating tornados in Alabama, individuals have found ways to make a difference in the lives of those impacted by the destruction. Glenn Swain shares the story of one woman who has found a way to transcend her personal tragedy through acts of loving kindness. Click here to read this heartwarming story.

2011 Asilomar Experience: The Journey Home

Take The Journey Home with us this summer at the Asilomar Conference Center for a powerful two-week experience, July 31 through August 13.

Join us for one week or two weeks as we come together in community, celebration, and love—all set against the beautiful Northern California Pacific Coastline. Each week will be filled with morning and evening general sessions, daily workshops, tai chi, yoga, meditation, chapel sessions, sunset services, late night activities, New Thought music, prayer room, treatment room for work with a practitioner, bodywork room, labyrinth, vendor village, and bookstore. The conference will also have a full program for kids and teens, so you can bring the whole family!

For more information or to register, please click here.